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Series No. 126
Series Title  NEWSPAPER PROPRIETORS RETURNS OF SCHEDULES FOR REGISTRATION
Start Date  1 Jan 1837
End Date  1 Jan 1986
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Series Description  Under "The Newspaper Libel and Registration Act, 1884 Amendment Act 1888" provision is made for the Registration of Newspaper Proprietors to be established under the superintendence of the Registrar (S.C.). Registration had to take place on or before 14 January 1885 and thereafter annually. The applicant registered . Title of newspaper . Names of proprietors . Occupations . Place of business . Place of residence Files include applications and correspondence, and they contain information pertaining to change of ownership. The newspaper registrations are maintained annually in order that anyone may come to the Court and search the records eg, if they intend to take the proprietor to court, or sue for damages, libel etc. Thus every year a fresh schedule is filed so that names of proprietors are kept up to date.

Original Format  Files
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Arrangement  Numerical
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Series Access Status  Open
 
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44 SUPREME COURT OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA 30 Dec 1899 ~   Detail
101 CIVIL COURT OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA 30 Dec 1899 ~   Detail
 
Record Items in this series 
1/001 Guardian newspaper -  Detail
1/002 Swan River Guardian -  Detail
1/003 The Inquirer -  Detail
1/004 Perth Gazette -  Detail
1/005 "Perth Gazette" and "Independent Journal of Politics and News" -  Detail
1/006 The Inquirer and Commercial News -  Detail
1/007 The Colonist -  Detail
1/008 Church of England Magazine -  Detail
1/009 The Herald -  Detail
1/010 Perth Gazette and WA Times -  Detail
1/011 WA Catholic Record -  Detail
1/012 Morning Herald -  Detail
1/013 Daily News -  Detail
1/014 The Albany Mail -  Detail
1/015 Corresp between J Cowan and others re law for the registration of newspapers and newspaper proprietors -  Detail
 

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